Papers Present Food Packaging Innovations

Since IFT has been polling members on "hot topics" for inclusion in our Annual Meeting program, I suggest that we look no further than food packaging. In perusing the 200+ papers, presentations, posters, and assorted other events with the appellation of packaging, I noted the key words and phrases sustainability, nanotechnologies, biodegradability, omega-3 fatty acids, flavor scalping, edible coatings, safety, migration, active, and intelligent—all reflective of the headlines of today’s many pac…